Black Ops 6 steals the top spot in October 2024 video game sales in the US

Russell Adler shooting a pistol while riding a bike in the Black Ops 6 Campaign
Black Ops 6 leads US video game sales for October 2024 (Image via Activision)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 dominated the October 2024 video game sales charts in the US. According to a report by Circana, Black Ops 6 was the best-selling video game in the United States in both physical and digital media formats. In fact, it was the third highest-selling video game of the year, only losing the first and second spots to EA Sports College Football 25 and Helldivers 2, respectively.

The numbers are based solely on sales in the US and they don't include the add-on spends such as in-game items for instance.


Black Ops 6 was the best-selling game in October 2024 in the US

Black Ops 6 not only became one of the best-selling Call of Duty games ever, but also became the best-selling video game in October 2024 in the US. It saw 23% higher sales than its predecessor, Modern Warfare 3 (2023). Thanks to the fans of the series, it landed the third spot among the best-selling video games of the year in the United States.

According to the report, a whopping 82% of the sales were on the PlayStation platforms and the remaining 18% of the sales were shared among Windows PC and Xbox platforms.

As for Xbox Game Pass, the Circana report suggests that the arrival of the game to the Game Pass, boosted the average consumer spending on subscriptions, and it didn't directly affect the sales on other platforms. This is quite evident, as the PS had the highest share of total sales in the month.

The report also disclosed that the majority of players on PlayStation and on Xbox, were engaged on their systems with the Call of Duty HQ app.

Also read: Black Ops 6 had the biggest launch weekend in Call of Duty history

While it doesn't directly hint that Black Ops 6 was the most played game on these two platforms, it certainly had a major role to play in getting the Call of Duty HQ the most engagements.


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Edited by Ritoban "Veloxi" Paul
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